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This resource uses the folktale, Why The Sky Is Far Away, to practice and assess comprehension skills. I have incorporated several questions that mimic the STARR 2.0 new test question types. This resource can be printed easily to use as either practice or a test. This is a 15 question assessment. Why The Sky is Far Away, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson can be found in most libraries, read aloud on YouTube, as well as in the Pearson My View unit 3.1. This resource is also a part of a bundle of activit

This resource is a comprehension assessment for the text Living in Deserts by Tea Benduhn. This assessment contains practice with the new question types found on the 3rd grade ELAR STAAR 2.0. Living in Deserts by Tea Benduhn is an informational text. It can be used as a stand alone read aloud or found in the Pearson My View text unit 3.1

Do your students need practice with revising and combining sentences? Are you trying to find something that will help prepare them for the STAAR test? This resource would help with both of those things. These activities would work as whole group, small group, and assessments. This resource can be shown as a power point or printed to use as worksheets. In this resource you will get 10 practice pages to help with combining and revising sentences. There are both multiple choice and open-ended quest

All About Matter is a complete unit that covers the basic concepts of matter. This unit includes reading material, questions, observation labs, experiments, and a test. I use this mainly with third grade, but it could be used in 2nd, 4th, and 5th as well. Concepts included are: -What is Matter? -What are Physical Properties of Matter? -Observation Lab: Exploring Physical Properties -What are the Three States of Matter? -Observation Lab: Water on the Move -What are Physical Changes in Matter? -E

This resource is a 10-question assessment for Welcome Back Wolves/Wolves Don't Belong in Yellowstone in unit 3.2 of Pearson My View. The text is a paired passage and persuasive text. This assessment contains questions modeled after the new question types for STAAR 2.0. It's a great way to help your student become familiar with the different types of questions.

This resource is a 10-question assessment for the text Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. This selection can be used as a read aloud or found in the third grade My View by Pearson textbook. This assessment is formatted after the new STAAR question types. It would be great practice to expose your students to these types of questions. This assessment has multiple choice, hot text (printed), multiple part, short constructed responses, and extended

This resource is a ten question comprehension assessment for the selection titled, Nature's Patchwork Quilt, by Mary Miche. This selection can be found in unit 3.2 of Pearson My View. The questions are based on the new ELAR TEKS and STAAR 2.0 question types. It is a good way to give your students exposure to these new question formats.

This resource is perfect for introducing your students to the genre of poetry. It contains notes for teaching, practice/test prep pages, and writing assignments. This resource can be used as a Power Point presentation or printed as handouts. With this resource you will receive: *note pages-teacher notes and pages for students to complete *5 poems with questions pages and answer keys (great for test prep or just practice) *5 pages of writing assignments

This resource is a 10 question assessment for the story Wolf Island by Celia Godkin. This selection can be found in Unit 3.2 of Pearson My View or can be used as a single read aloud. The assessment contains questions that give students practice with the new question types for STAAR redesign such as, constructed responses, hot text (printed), multiple selection, multiple part, and multiple choice.

Do your students need extra practice writing compound sentences? This resource contains 2 practice pages with 10 sentences each. This would be a good resource for whole group modeling, small group or assessments. Answers keys are included.

This resource is a comprehension assessment for the story Cocoliso. It contains questions that are formatted after the new STAAR 2.0 redesign. Cocoliso by Andres Pi Andreu is a realistic fiction story that students enjoy reading. The story itself can be found in the Pearson My View, book 3.1 or as a stand alone read aloud.

Why The Sky Is Far Away is a fun myth to teach story elements. The story can be read alone or can be found in Pearson My View, unit 3.1. This resource includes a one page handout helping students identify setting, characters, problem/solution and theme. It also has a section allowing students to practice summarizing by retelling the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Writing is such an important skill for students to practice to become effective communicators. Using a mentor text is a great way for students to use a story to model their writing after. This resource uses the folktale Grandma and the Great Gourd as a mentor text. Included: -review page for elements of a folktale -brainstorming page -lined writing pages -unlined writing pages -illustration page -color and black and white pages

Writing is a crucial component to any ELAR classroom. This resource is a response to the folktale, Why The Sky Is Far Away. In this writing activity, students will make personal connections to the story and detail that connection through an essay. This resource contains a planning page, a lined and unlined writing paper, an illustration page, and both color and black and white formats.

This resource uses words from the folktale, Why The Sky Is Far Away to help students practice using a dictionary. There are 5 words from the story, as well as blank slides that you could use to choose your own words.

Students need lots of vocabulary practice, including how to use a dictionary. This resource uses words from the story, Grandma and the Great Gourd, to teach students the parts of a dictionary. It gives 5 main vocabulary words but has room for you to choose your own words as well. Grandma and the Great Gourd can be read alone or found in unit 3.1 of Pearson My View.

This resource is a great activity for the beginning of school. It allows you to get to know your students; as well as has them practice proper sentence and paragraph structure.

Grandma and the Great Gourd is a fun story to teach story elements. This resource includes setting, characters, problem, solution, and theme. It also has students practice summarizing a story by retelling the beginning, middle, and the end.